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The McGuffin (1986) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1986 · 120 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Colin Bucksey
- Starring
- Mark Rylance, Charles Dance, Anna Massey, Phyllis Logan, Brian Glover, Ann Todd
Paul Hatcher, a nosy movie critic who watches his neighbors, becomes entangled in real danger when a double murder on his street is linked to a missing incriminating film negative. After locating the hidden negative, he finds himself at the top of a hit list, forced to confront the blurred line between cinema and reality.
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